The Tea Party movement is now almost completely unrecognizable from what it was a few short years ago. It came to prominence in 2008 when the Libertarian Party of Illinois planned to hold an April 15, 2009 anti-tax “Boston Tea Party” in Chicago. In February 2009, the idea grew after CNBC personality Rick Santelli, speaking from the floor of the Chicago stock exchange, criticized the Obama administration’s tax and economic policies and urged Americans become Tea Party activists.
Establishment Republicans plan to run Sarah Palin as the Tea Party presidential candidate.
In fact, the idea began as the Boston Tea Party in 2006. It was founded by a group of former Libertarian Party members who criticized the party for its “abdication of political responsibilities,” declaring that “Americans deserve and desperately need a pro-freedom party that forcefully advocates libertarian solutions to the issues of today.” The Boston Tea Party opposed statism at all levels. “The Boston Tea Party supports reducing the size scope and power of government at all levels and on all issues, and opposes increasing the size, scope and power of government at any level, for any purpose.”
How things have changed.
It didn’t take long for establishment
Republicans to steal the idea and claim it as their own. A few weeks after Rick Santelli made his comments, Ron Paul’s media coordinator Steve Gordon went on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow show and complained about what he characterized as an attempt by Republicans to hijack the idea. Gordon specifically blamed former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee.
It didn’t take long for Republicans to embrace the idea. RNC Chairman Michael St
Constitution – Document originally conceived to ensure the people’s rights are not trampled on by any government. (free speech, right to assemble. 2nd amendment. ect.. ) Written by T. Jefferson and many others after living in the British Government’s tyrannical rule of Europe, and not wanting the same fate for the newly established ‘new world’ aka, America.
Tea PartyPeople – these folks are concerned that the constitution is being destroyed. (Too bad they didn’t show up when the constitution really started to be ripped to shreds, back in the early 90’s.) None the less, the Tea party movement has now been high jacked by Sarah Palin & Glenn Beck and the Corporate controlled mass media outlet known as Fox NEWS or Faux News as I’ve seen it called. There’s even a website called ‘we watch fox so you don’t have to’ posting many clips from the famous ‘news’ outlet.
Tea party people have been around for a while but groups of them started voicing their concerns back when Bush was in office.
For 8 years Fox News has been discredited by continually pushing the ‘Bush’ agenda of the Patriot Act and rendition, illegal wars, torture, wire taps... ect
Fox news cannot be trusted to deliver on any issue. I echo that sentiment directed to CNN aswell.
Glenn Beck FRAUD...
The Fact that Glenn Beck was on CNN when Bush was in office and then jumped ship to FOX news when Obama came into office is indeed interesting to note, Beck is being used by FOX News to simply confuse and destroy the tea party name, which in my opinion, have their heart in the right place but they are trapped in the FALSE left/right paradigm.
As previously posted here on Northwest Herald is a video of Beck FAKE crying for a photo shoot. MESSAGE TO THIS PHONY BROADCASTER... the jig is up!
And now we see Sarah Palin, taking over the tea party movement, as recently seen in her speech yesterday. Why? Who asked her to be a figure head? Is this used to discredit the movement? To me, it sure is
If a fat cat Republican gets in office after Obama’s 4 yrs are up, the cycle will simply continue. The violations of civil liberties will continue unabated. I’m surprised that Obama hasn’t repealed the Patriot act, the illegal wars and so on but so is life he's merely a man, excuse me a lawyer politician, until the general public realize that both parties are owned and controlled by the foreign off-shore banks nothing will change.
Unless…
The True focus of ‘anger’ by the tea party patriots and all Democrats and republicans left/right alike, must be geared to the Private Bank that started this entire vicious cycle of Democrats vs Republicans. Using the people as a tool to get at each others’ throats. The anger should not be directed at the president as he is simply a puppet of the big banks.
Started in Dec 22, 1913. The Federal reserve bank has continually destroyed the ‘great’ nation of America, molding it to a sort of imperialist empire hell bent of destroying the sovereignty of not only the good ol’ US of A but all nations of the planet collectively through the G20, World Bank and IMF.
support HR 1207 - Audit the private Federal Reserve.
AP article on the TEA PARTY Dinner last night.
By LIZ SIDOTI, AP National Political Writer Liz Sidoti, Ap National Political Writer – Sun Feb 7, 7:17 am ET
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Sarah Palin, in a speech that was short on ideas but big on enthusiasm, took aim at President Barack Obama and the Democrats, telling a gathering of "tea party" activists that America is ripe for another revolution.
Noting his party's dismal showing in elections since Obama moved into the White House a year ago with talk of hope and promises of change, Palin asked the gathering: "How's that hope-y, change-y stuff workin' out for you?"
